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10/18 Unit Two Checkpoint #1 Review Game

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHY did the Europeans want to explore the "New World"? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

To spread Christianity

b)

To find new sea routes to Asia

c)

To gain more land for their country's empire

d)

To throw crazy parties on their boats

2.

What types of NEW TECHNOLOGIES helped the Europeans have successful sea journeys? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

Faster ships

b)

More accurate maps

c)

More powerful hairdryers

d)

The compass

3.

What are the THREE G's?

a)

Gold, Goods, and Glory

b)

Gold, God, and Glory

c)

Gold, Greatness, and Golf

d)

Gold, Glory and Germs

4.

What SHAPE was the LATEEN SAIL?

a)

Rectangle

b)

Square

c)

Hexagon

d)

Triangle

5.

What did LATEEN SAILS HELP the Explorers do? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

Move faster

b)

Stop the ship in 2.5 seconds

c)

To sail in any direction

d)

To sail for extremely long distances

6.

What is a caravel?

a)

a dangerous rat with a disease

b)

a new type of boat that is great for sailing

c)

a heart disease that sailors got

7.

#7. What did explorers hope to find in the new land?

a)

slaves

b)

gold/riches

c)

fresh water

d)

new types of flowers

8.

Conquistadors

a)

Plants or animals that live and breed in a human environment

b)

The main character in Marco Polo's book

c)

Spanish explorers

d)

Indigenous people in South America

9.

Northwest Passage

a)

The period of lively new thinking

b)

A Northern ocean trade route around North America connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

c)

A Land bridge connecting Asia and the Americas

d)

A narrow passage between Europe and Africa

10.

What is an astrolabe?

a)

Outbreak of disease that spreads quickly

b)

A Spanish Conqueror

c)

An instrument that measured the height of the sun or star

d)

A trip made to explore

11.

In 1493 Columbus reached an island in the Caribbean Sea where the Tainos people lived. He thought he had reached which continent?

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

West Indies

d)

South America

12.

Cortez wanted to lead an expedition to Mexico because

a)

He heard it was a good place to vacataion

b)

he wanted to conquer the world

c)

the people were very friendly

d)

he had heard of the Aztec Empire and its riches.

13.

When the Spanish forced American Indians to work the plantations they

a)

paid them well

b)

suffered because they had no immunity to diseases such as measles & smallpox

c)

Were treated very well

d)

rebelled & a war begun

14.

This explorer "Discovered the New World"

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

15.

This explorer defeated the Aztec Empire and claimed all of Mexico in the name of Spain.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Hernan Cortes

16.

These are tools used by sailors.

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

Compass

c)

Astrolade

17.

European invaders of the Americas defeated...

a)

Native Americans (Aztecs and Incans)

b)

Global Exploration

c)

Climate Change

18.

Another name for Europeans who took over the Americas was

a)

Native Americans

b)

Inventors

c)

Conquistadors

19.

The "New World" was...

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

North America and South America

20.

What was the Age of Exploration?

a)

When Eurpoean Countries explored other areas of the world.

b)

When European countries explored space.

c)

When European countries explored Europe.

21.

Why were Native Americans called Indians?

a)

Because the first explorers to come to the Americas were from India

b)

Because they first came from the land of India

c)

Because Christopher Columbus thought he landed in India and assumed the natives were Indian

d)

Because the name Indian sounded similar to the name that they used to refer to themselves

22.

What is a civilization?

a)

A Culture with organized systems of cultural regions

b)

A Culture with organized systems of art, technology, and families

c)

A Culture with organized systems of government, learning, and religion

d)

A Culture with organized systems of food and water.

23.

Which cultural region is Louisiana in?

a)

Plains

b)

Northeast Woodlands

c)

Southwest

d)

Southeast

24.

Which cultural region was mainly treeless and covered in grass?

a)

Northwest Coast

b)

Plains

c)

Southwet

d)

Plateau

25.

Which cultural region was very arid (dry) with little to no rain?

a)

Northwest Coast

b)

Great Basin

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest/Pueblo

26.

Central and South American Indigenous People.

a)

Southwest/Pueblo

b)

Inca

c)

Plains

d)

Maya

e)

Aztec

27.

Built wigwams and Longhouses

a)

Great Basin

b)

Northeast Woodlands

c)

Northwest Coast

d)

Plains

28.

These people were nomadic and lived in teepees

a)

Great Basin

b)

Southeast

c)

Plains

d)

Plateau

29.

Built wattle and daub houses and well as Chickee houses

a)

Southeast

b)

Northwest Coast

c)

Northeast Woodlands

d)

Plains

30.

Built homes out of mud and straw.

a)

Southwest/Pueblo

b)

Great Basin

c)

Plains

d)

Plateau

31.
Who worshiped the sun god?
a)
Only the Mayans
b)
Only the Incas
c)
Only the Aztecs
d)
Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs
32.
Aztec capital city built on a swampy island
a)
Tenochtitlan
b)
Cuzco
c)
Machu Picchu
d)
Pacal
33.
Floating gardens built by the Aztecs
a)
chinampas
b)
mita
c)
masonry
d)
terraced farming
34.
A method of growing crops on the sides of mountains.
a)
ziggurat
b)
terrace farming
c)
codex
d)
conquistador
35.
The Mayans were located at what letter on the map?
 (Click to hide text)
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
36.
The Aztec were located at what letter on the map?
 (Click to hide text)
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
37.
The Inca were located at what letter on the map?
 (Click to hide text)
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
38.

religion

a)

a group of beliefs and rituals

b)

the way in which goods and services are made, sold, and used in a country or area

39.

Surplus

a)

the buying and selling of goods and services

b)

excess

40.

What cultural region borders the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Desert Southwest

c)

Great Plains

d)

Northeastern Woodlands

41.

Indigenous Peoples from this region constructed cedar plank homes with totem poles.

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Desert Southwest

c)

Great Plains

d)

Northeastern Woodlands

42.

This Indigenous Group was nomadic and followed the bison as their food source.

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Desert Southwest

c)

Great Plains

d)

Southeastern Woodlands

43.

Which Indigenous People relied on fishing as a main source of food?

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Desert Southwest

c)

Great Plains

d)

Northeastern Woodlands

44.

Which Indigenous People farmed using irrigation?

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Desert Southwest

c)

Great Plains

d)

Southeastern Woodlands

45.

Indigenous People of this region had a desert environment.

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Desert Southwest

c)

Great Plains

d)

Southeastern Woodlands

46.

Indigenous Peoples of this region built multi-level houses out of clay and adobe.

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Desert Southwest

c)

Great Plains

d)

Northeastern Woodlands

47.

Use the map below to identify where each of the 5 major Indigenous People regions were located. Region #2 is...

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Great Plains

c)

Northeastern Woodlands

d)

Southeastern Woodlands

48.

Use the map below to identify where each of the 5 major Indigenous People regions were located. Region #1 is...

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Desert Southwest

c)

Great Plains

d)

Northeastern Woodlands

49.

Use the map below to identify where each of the 5 major Indigenous People regions were located. Region #4 is...

a)

Desert Southwest

b)

Northeastern Woodlands

c)

Southeastern Woodlands

d)

Great Plains

50.

Use the map below to identify where each of the 5 major Indigenous People regions were located. Region #5 is...

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Desert Southwest

c)

Northeastern Woodlands

d)

Southeastern Woodlands

51.

Use the map below to identify where each of the 5 major Indigenous People regions were located. Region #3 is...

a)

Desert Southwest

b)

Great Plains

c)

Northeastern Woodlands

d)

Southeastern Woodlands

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